Would I be stealing her thunder?!

[sunnyd]

Date: 11/28/2007 2:18:26 PM
Author: nessvan12

Date: 11/28/2007 1:58:37 PM
Author: sunnyd
i agree with meresa, why is she telling YOU not to get proposed to instead of her telling her nephew about the situation? either way, i don''t agree with the aunt at all. this is a moment of happiness for all, right? good luck.

His aunt told me about the whole pregnancy thing because she was upset at how the cousin was acting. His aunt knows we are getting engaged for Christmas and told the cousin that it was unfair for her to have that type of thinking and that we could celebrate everyone''s great news together. She is trying to talk some sense into the cousin, she is not telling me to postpone my engagement.

ohhhhhh i see. i got confused too i guess. oops!

in that case i change my position to agree to do what tgal said. work that room honey!!! who made the cousin queen of the world?! in any event, good luck again.

 

[Kaleigh]

Where''s the love, the joy, tis the season to be jolly... The more the merrier?? Methinks this cousin needs to get a grip!!! It''s not all about her, she''s going to find that out in 9 months, LOL!!

I don''t see any reason why you shouldn''t go ahead and get engaged as planned. Is her news more exciting than your''s??? Puhlease!!!

Good luck, exciting times ahead for you, so congrats early!!!

 

[aljdewey]

I''m sure that somewhere on the internet, we can find the instructions for the "I"M ENGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGED" dance.

I think you should do that. Seriously.

 

[iheartscience]

Date: 11/28/2007 8:56:39 PM
Author: aljdewey
I''m sure that somewhere on the internet, we can find the instructions for the ''I''M ENGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGED'' dance.

I think you should do that. Seriously.

Hahaha! Between you, FG and Tgal, I''m dying over here!

I think you''re doing the right thing by not even mentioning it to your boyfriend. Tell your cousin to plan her procreation better next time!

 

[TravelingGal]

Date: 11/28/2007 8:56:39 PM
Author: aljdewey
I''m sure that somewhere on the internet, we can find the instructions for the ''I''M ENGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGED'' dance.

I think you should do that. Seriously.

Ha...c''mon Alj, ain''t it obvious?

You put your left hand in,
You put your left hand out,
You put your left hand in,
And you SHAKE it ALL ABOUT
You say you''re stokey stokey and her head''ll spin around,
And THAT''S what it''s all about!

 

[Lorelei]

"It's not all about her, she's going to find that out in 9 months, LOL!! " Miss Kaleigh


"I'm sure that somewhere on the internet, we can find the instructions for the "I"M ENGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGED" dance. I think you should do that. Seriously."
Miss Aljdewey

" Ha...c'mon Alj, ain't it obvious?
You put your left hand in,
You put your left hand out,
You put your left hand in,
And you SHAKE it ALL ABOUT
You say you're stokey stokey and her head'll spin around,
And THAT'S what it's all about!"

Miss Tgal
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OMG- * bites fist* ROFLMAO!!!!!

I needed a good laugh! Thanks ladies!

 

[ang3199]

Screw her. If you guys want to get engaged then, then do it! Don''t change your plans because she wants all the attention when she announces her pregnancy. Phooey.

Do what you want girl.

 

[mirre]

I agree with the posters that say it''s HIM that is proposing not you so there really isn''t alot you can do about it. I also agree that there is enough happiness in a family to share the news of an engagement and a new baby.

I think you could get engaged (which would be difficult anyway because like we said it''s up to him to propose) on Christmas Eve and just tell maybe your parents and his when you all get to the get together and then let everyone else inquire or not tell anyone and let everyone who notices the ring ask then tell them. OR you could just go on about your''s and your BF''s own business and do whatever you panned to do without worrying about her because it''s not going to be thunder stealing. If you were to tell everyone your news BEFORE she tells her news then you won''t be "stealing thunder" she''ll be the one doing it and I doubt you''d act as immaturely as she is about the whole thing.

Good luck on the engagement and dealing with the situation!

 

[Independent Gal]

Oh Lordy. That is just plain pathetic. And this woman is going to be a mother? As someone said, grow the heck up!

 

[~*Alexis*~]

Just be like...

"just because you got knocked up doesn''t me my engagement will be knocked down. Deal with it"

If that doesn''t work...or you dont want her to know that you know...
just be talking about how excited you are going to be at christmas when you can finally announce you are engaged and just talk about that for a while. Like 4 hours or so...eventually she will either make her annoucement sooner or she will wait. She will get the picture.

Nuff said.

 

[mirre]

This doesn''t really have anything to do with rubbing it in her face or anything... but with everyone else saying funny little things I thought I''d say that you could make sure that your LEFT HAND is VERY PLAINLY seen in ALL the pictures taken that way when everyone looks at the pics they see your BEAUTIFUL RING... and most likely if she hasn''t told anyone yet then she isn''t showing yet... so then they''ll see your ring more than they''ll see her tummy!

 

[luckystar112]

I had this same problem (sorta) when I got engaged this past summer. FI''s parents live in Virginia, FI and I live in TX, and FI''s brother and his (pregnant) wife live in South Carolina. We all meet up in Virginia during the summer.
Anyway, I knew FI was going to propose either right before we left for the trip or during the trip. A couple of days before, FSIL announces her pregnancy. Honestly, I was a little annoyed. Not because I thought she was stealing my thunder, but because I thought that SHE would feel that WE were stealing hers (since obviously no one knew we were about to get engaged). Of course I still wanted to get engaged, but I felt nervous. I even bought her a "congrats" gift, hoping to soften the blow in case she freaked out. FI ended up proposing literally minutes before we left to go to the airport. I was ecstatic, but soooooo nervous to see FSIL. She had arrived a couple of days before us, so I am sure she had already received a ton of congratulations and high-fives (lol). When FI''s parents picked us up from the airport they congratulated us, and when we arrived at the house his mom couldn''t contain herself and made the announcement to everyone as soon as we walked through the door. My eyes were glued onto FSIL''s reaction. She got up....ran over to me with a HUGE smile on her face, grabbed my hand to look at my ring, and the gave me a huge bear hug!

It seriously changed my opinion of her! Girls can be so catty. I''d be lying if I said that had the situation been reversed I wouldn''t have felt a little jealous and annoyed of someone stealing my thunder. That''s why when FSIL reacted like that, I had to take a step back and really look at myself and how a reaction like jealousy over something so stupid can be programmed into my brain!

The whole trip all we talked about were baby ideas, wedding ideas, and how excited we were to start our registries. It was so fun!

 

[Keepingthefaith21]

OMG seriously I feel like your FF should plan to pop the question right before she is gearing up to announce her pregnancy just to stick it to her.

 

[Lord Summerisle]

whats so great about having a parasite growing in your tummy anyway...

in 9 months you end up with a screaming poo producer...









me? bitter.... nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Just glad i cant have any.